Bad Girl: convict and escapee extraordinaire ~ 1786

“I was 17 from a fishin’ family, a family that was starving.  I was always a bit wild.  I should have listened to my father.  I should have listened to my mother.  But I didn’t.”

Mary Bryant, convict, was baptized on 1 May 1765 at Fowey, Cornwall, England, the daughter of a mariner named Broad, whose family was 'eminent for sheep stealing'. On 20 May 1786 at the Exeter Assizes she, referred to as Mary Braund, was charged with assault and robbery, convicted and sentenced to death. Her sentence was commuted to transportation for seven years, and she was taken from Exeter jail to the hulk Dunkirk off Plymouth, where she remained until transhipped to the transport Charlotte in the First Fleet for Botany Bay.

This original bad girl, Mary, turned her life around like no other.  In 2005 a miniseries from Oz, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant,  brought to life an amazing story as well the wit and endurance of one of histories most fascinating heroines and media sensations.  

 Australian Maritime History

After a voyage of sixty-six days, Mary, her children and the eight men reached Kupang, in West Timor on the island of Timor, a journey of 5,000 kilometres (appx 3000 miles)   . This extraordinary voyage became part of seafaring history, and has often been compared with William Bligh's similar epic journey in an open boat of only two years earlier, after the mutiny on the Bounty. Bligh's voyage had also ended in Timor. The trip involved navigating the then uncharted Great Barrier Reef and the Torres Straits.

V i d e o:  The Incredible Journey of Will & Mary Bryant, Song: When You Believe by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

Historical Romance

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 It's been a while since we've had a big miniseries focusing on Australia's colonial times and the remarkable story of Mary Bryant - convict and escapee extraordinaire - is perfect TV fodder. Another plus is having the stunning young English actress Romola Garai in the title role, and a support cast that includes Sam Neill and Garry McDonald. 

WIKI ~  MARY BRYANT

WIKI ~  WILLIAM BRYANT

WIKI ~  THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF MARY BRYANT  

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